# संज्ञा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संज्ञा (saṃjñā́).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /səŋ.ɡjɑː/, [sɐ̃ŋ.ɡjäː]

### Noun

संज्ञा • (saṅgyā) f (Urdu spelling سنگیا)
* sense, consciousness
    Synonyms: चैतन्यता (caitanyatā), चेतना (cetnā)
* knowledge, mind, intellect
    Synonyms: मन (man), ज्ञान (jñān)
* title, name
    Synonyms: नाम (nām), शीर्षक (śīrṣak)
* (grammar) noun
    Synonym: (less common) इस्म (ism)

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संज्ञा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संज्ञा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “संज्ञा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সংজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬂᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
* সংজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰽𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သံဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
* સંજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਂਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦁꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂁𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಂಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
* សំជ្ញា (Khmer script)
* ສໍຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
* സംജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘽𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧞𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑄𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସଂଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢀꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆁𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖽𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සංඥා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪖𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚫𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸஂஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
* సంజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
* สํชฺญา (Thai script)
* སཾ་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓀𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨸𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, “with”) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

#### Root

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā)
* to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with
* to obey
* to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine
* to direct, order, command
* to acknowledge, recognize, own
* to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of
* to think of, recollect sorrowfully
* to know well, understand
* to watch for
* to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together
* to cause to acquiesce or agree in (euphemistically said of a sacrificial victim, which ought not to be led forcibly to its death but made to resign itself)
* to appease, satisfy
* to make to be understood or known, cause to understand
* to make signs to, communicate or make anything known by signs
* to command, enjoin, instruct

##### Derived terms

* संज्ञा (saṃjñā)
* संज्ञान (saṃjñāna)

### Etymology 2

From the root संज्ञा (saṃjñā) +‎ -आ (-ā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

#### Noun

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā́) stem, f
* agreement, mutual understanding, harmony
* consciousness, clear knowledge, understanding, notion, conception
* a sign, token, signal, gesture
* direction
* a track, footstep
* a name, appellation, title, technical term
* (grammar) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning
* (grammar) a technical expression
* (Buddhism) perception (one of the 5 skandhas)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā) stem, f
* name of a daughter of tvaṣṭṛ or viśvakarman (the wife of sūrya and mother of manu, yama and yamī)

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “संज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1133.